Daily Tech News 26 February 2023

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Nvidia predicts that within ten years we'll have AI models a million times more powerful than ChatGPT. (PC Gamer)

A million times useless then.

And Nvidia would say that, because ChatGPT runs on approximately $100 million worth of Nvidia graphics cards. (Modern graphics cards are quite good at running AI calculations, and cheaper than dedicated AI hardware.)
I'm not the only person who sees this connection. (Antipope)

Charlie Stross is a science fiction writer who has written extensively on the technological singularity, where I think the singularity is bullshit, but on this we see eye to eye.

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I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid you're a racist. Would you let ChatGPT control your home? (The Verge)

I mean, cheaper than burning it down, I guess. The only smart device I have in my home - which is brand new - is the washing machine, which is sulking because I have not downloaded its useless companion app. Well, I guess also the interface for the solar panels, but that actually pays me money for the power I feed back to the grid.
It's time for Google to spin off YouTube. (The Economist)

On the one hand, it's impossible for the outcome to be any worse than it is in the clutches of the hyperwoke and institutionally corrupt Google.

On the other hand, the market is in the shitter right now.
The Ryzen 7950X3D averages 11% faster than Intel's 13900K across a range of game benchmarks. (Tom's Hardware)

Which should make it the fasting gaming CPU available, except that rumours suggest the cheaper 7800X3D might actually be faster - for games, not overall. Games don't really use more than 8 cores, and the 7950 has 16. (The 13900K has 24.)
Nokia has launched a repairable budget phone. (The Guardian)

Budget seems to be pretty accurate for once - it's priced at around $180 - and repairable means you can buy and replace the battery, display, and power connector yourself. Those are by far the most likely components to fail, so it's a good start.

It has a 720p screen, which is fine at that price, 4GB RAM, 128GB of storage, and an adequate CPU with dual A75 and six A55 cores. It has a microSD slot and a headphone jack - check - and for some reason a 50MP main camera, which is a lot for a budget phone.

There remains the question of how good the rest of the camera system is - the optics and software - but apart from the 720p screen (good but not great) it seems to have everything you need if you use your phone for phone stuff.
The best graphics cards for running Minecraft RT. (Tom's Hardware)

Regular Minecraft will run on anything - it's the server and not your graphics card that is most likely to choke. Minecraft RT adds ray tracing, and while it looks pretty, if you want to play it at 4K at 60 fps there is exactly one graphics card capable of that and it costs $1600. If you'll settle for 1080p and 30fps there are rather a lot more options.

Disclaimer: Pineapples, pinecones, and artichokes, oh my!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 ding ding ding

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 04:01 AM (syBNd)

2 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 26, 2023 04:02 AM (LAsb3)

3 I see a problem here

Posted by: International Friends of Skip and Ukraine at February 26, 2023 04:03 AM (2hexI)

4 Time for bed. G'night fokes.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 26, 2023 04:04 AM (KAi1n)

5 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 26, 2023 04:05 AM (T4tVD)

6 The ad for hair growth up top loolk like an alien crapped on the guy's head.

Posted by: JT at February 26, 2023 04:07 AM (T4tVD)

7 Today's Fundamental Task

Translate "Mise en place" to Hungarian, Romanian and both Serbo-and-Croatian.

Bon Apetit

Posted by: Chef de Mikleusoisie at February 26, 2023 04:07 AM (2hexI)

8 >>>Disclaimer: Pineapples, pinecones, and artichokes, oh my!

Things that one might not want to have inserted into delicate body cavities?

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 04:08 AM (syBNd)

9 Hiya is so like, yesterday, man

Posted by: Miklos, hip with the Youth of Today at February 26, 2023 04:09 AM (2hexI)

10 I think the real watershed will be after AI is discredited as hooey and bunkum, when humanity realizes that most of what passes for Natural intelligence is also hooey and bunkum. Most people are also just garbage processors processing garbage. Real Intelligence is remarkably rare. That's why it has historically been celebrated and seen as a cause for remembering someone as special.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 26, 2023 04:11 AM (9UlRk)

11 Posted by: Warai-otoko

If you have to choose between hooey and bunkum-

Go with the bunkum

Posted by: Miklos, unhappy with the options at February 26, 2023 04:13 AM (2hexI)

12 Translate "Mise en place" to Hungarian, Romanian and both Serbo-and-Croatian.

Bon Apetit
Posted by: Chef de Mikleusoisie at February 26, 2023 04:07 AM (2hexI)

Hungarian: Goulash in face
Romanian: Tuchus on spike
Serbo-Croatian: Hey that bastard pronounces goulash slightly different than us let's shoot him

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 26, 2023 04:13 AM (9UlRk)

13 Mornin'

(doin' work stuff...)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 26, 2023 04:13 AM (g/54t)

14 A headphone jack?! It is like we are stepping back into the sane past!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 26, 2023 04:13 AM (CsVWE)

15 >>>I'm not the only person who sees this connection. (Antipope) Charlie Stross

Huh. I just read it--I won't give away his point here. Absolutely convincing

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 04:15 AM (syBNd)

16 10 Most people are also just garbage processors processing garbage.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 26, 2023 04:11 AM (9UlRk)

Good morning, Sunshine!

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 04:16 AM (syBNd)

17 Anything higher than 1080p is gross and weird and unnatural.

And 60 fps makes everyone and everything look like it's gliding through some kind of viscous clear fluid.

Grumble grumble.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 26, 2023 04:16 AM (9UlRk)

18 Hungarian: Goulash in face
Romanian: Tuchus on spike
Serbo-Croatian: Hey that bastard pronounces goulash slightly different than us let's shoot him
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Language is Funny

Goulash on face (gulyasleves az arcon) is fail of eater, not chef

Gulyasleves *in* face is Success for both

Posted by: Miklos, spill food on yourselves at February 26, 2023 04:18 AM (2hexI)

19 Sounds like an ancient grandmotherly blessing:

"May your goulash be in your face, and not on it".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 26, 2023 04:22 AM (9UlRk)

20 I respect Pixy and Australian peoples.

We must be kind, because they have to live upside down and walk on their hands.

Quite impressive, and confused the Japanese in 1942.

Posted by: Miklos, consultor of Maps at February 26, 2023 04:22 AM (2hexI)

21 Hopefully more follow suit with what Nokia is doing. While i get that technology can be costly, having to pay such a ridiculous amount for phones that offer just slight upgrades from those 10 years ago, makes me just want my old flip phone back. Taking away the ability to replace a battery, thus pretty much making your phone obsolete after 2 years, was just another kick in the nuts.

At $200 bucks I wouldn't hate updating my phone every 2 or 3 years.

Posted by: Rbastid at February 26, 2023 04:23 AM (yRwlf)

22 "May your goulash be in your face, and not on it".
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Every Grandmother know this sayings.

Posted by: Official Novdu Culinary and Cultural Informations at February 26, 2023 04:23 AM (2hexI)

23 Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 26, 2023 04:11 AM (9UlRk)

Have you seen humanity lately? These people will start making human sacrifices to AI decades before they realize how crappy it is.

We live in the stupidest of times.

Posted by: Rbastid at February 26, 2023 04:26 AM (yRwlf)

24 Do Australians call Literally Everywhere Else "Up Over"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 26, 2023 04:26 AM (9UlRk)

25 Also just finally watched the Sword Art Online movie..... what started as a promising film turned in to the usual SAO crapfest. Ugh.

Posted by: Rbastid at February 26, 2023 04:27 AM (yRwlf)

26
Based on the movie "Crocodile Dundee" the Aussies have a good method for determining gender when there's a doubt.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 26, 2023 04:29 AM (enJYY)

27 Have you seen humanity lately? These people will start making human sacrifices to AI decades before they realize how crappy it is.

We live in the stupidest of times.
Posted by: Rbastid at February 26, 2023 04:26 AM (yRwlf)

"Computer Doctor, you have to save my AI!"

"Says here your Social Suitability Score is a bit low, Comrade. Your AI just hates you is all. Go get three abortions and call me in the morning. It'll be fine. "

"Oh, thank you! You're a genius!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko imagining Malocracy manifest at February 26, 2023 04:30 AM (9UlRk)

28 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 04:39 AM (xhxe8)

29 YouTube was loosing billions a year before Alphabet bought them, and so far as I know YT still have never made a profit. Spinning them off would finally allow them to die the death they so richly deserve.

Posted by: Unknownsailor at February 26, 2023 04:40 AM (JPYHZ)

30 >>>Charlie Stross (Antipope)

The comments are engaging.

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 04:42 AM (syBNd)

31 29 YouTube was loosing billions a year before Alphabet bought them, and so far as I know YT still have never made a profit. Spinning them off would finally allow them to die the death they so richly deserve.
Posted by: Unknownsailor at February 26, 2023 04:40 AM (JPYHZ)

Valid. Considering how many ads they cram into everything and the amount of traffic they get, I am assuming they have an HR dept to rival the NKVD.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 26, 2023 04:42 AM (CsVWE)

32 31 test test

I'm getting zapped
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 26, 2023 04:42 AM (OTXUv)

Yep. What did you do? Tell us about it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 26, 2023 04:43 AM (CsVWE)

33 My washing machine is the only 'smart appliance' i have. Also not downloaded the app. Works just fine without!

Mornin', all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 26, 2023 04:46 AM (66q44)

34 Don't have any device that needs a app

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 04:53 AM (xhxe8)

35 My washing machine has four knobs, and it's still smarter than my "you can always cram more into a hamper if you really want it" dumb ass.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 26, 2023 04:54 AM (9UlRk)

36 >>>Nvidia predicts that within ten years we'll have AI models a million times more powerful than ChatGPT. (PC Gamer)

A million times useless then.

>A million times more chatty algorithm? Real world application: Chat?

I suppose, from a project director or program developer point of view, there is some value to be gleaned from this multi-million $ chatty-chatter unicorn. Let's hope nobody is being led astray and they're not parenting a homicidal, suicidal psychopath.

Consider who is willing to dedicate their time interacting with this entity. My best guess is millions of social media users and that is a scary prospect, indeed. In the wild, wild west, nobody ever had ulterior motives. Who is influencing ~~who~~ what?

I'd rather spent my free time with a dog, - at least I have immediate, direct access to his kill switch.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 26, 2023 04:57 AM (Jg7EG)

37 I know someone who has a fridge he can see inside from a remote location and he can open and close his blinds remotely.

Creepy if you ask me... but he doesn't

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 26, 2023 04:58 AM (66q44)

38 Creepy if you ask me... but he doesn't
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 26, 2023 04:58 AM (66q44)

I guess i can understand being at the store and thinking, "aww, heck, do i have milk?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 26, 2023 04:59 AM (9UlRk)

39
No apps at this house. I do have some analog timers on my three in-line water heaters which you depress for one of 48 possible settings for half hour increments of heating. Why have hot water for the eight hours you sleep?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 26, 2023 05:00 AM (enJYY)

40 Good morning, Puddleglum. Good luck!

32 31 test test

I'm getting zapped
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 26, 2023 04:42 AM (OTXUv)

Yep. What did you do? Tell us about it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 26, 2023 04:43 AM (CsVWE)

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 05:01 AM (syBNd)

41 I have read that humans are most inventive and productive in their 20's. After that its all downhill, and you might as well just retire to Wyoming, and raise wild hogs. So if your feeling useless, your not alone. Biden is beyond useless, he is just food for the wild animals like those wild hogs.

Posted by: Colin at February 26, 2023 05:03 AM (uTQzv)

42 Worked here; different hash:

13 Mornin'

(doin' work stuff...)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 26, 2023 04:13 AM (g/54t)

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 05:03 AM (syBNd)

43 >>I guess i can understand being at the store and thinking, "aww, heck, do i have milk?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 26, 2023 04:59 AM (9UlRk)

True.

*puts tin foil hat on*

but can gov't check into my fridge? Hey! she's eating what? Let's see....what's that latest dr check up say about her health....hmmm she's buying donuts? Let's make sure when she's paying at the self checkout next time her card fails....

It could happen?

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 26, 2023 05:04 AM (66q44)

44 In the news, the Biden administration is considering banning many gas kitchen stoves for some reason, only uncle Joe knows why...There is a Cornell professor who wants to do it now, not tomorrow. I bet he has a gas or propane furnace securely hidden in his basement.

Posted by: Colin at February 26, 2023 05:08 AM (uTQzv)

45 It could happen?
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 26, 2023 05:04 AM (66q44)

Great. Thanks. Now I'm gonna spend the rest of the day coming up with a donut that looks exactly like broccoli. And i had laundry to do, too.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 26, 2023 05:09 AM (9UlRk)

46 ... plus all those stacks of dollars in your freezer, MLiI!

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 05:10 AM (syBNd)

47 Lol. You're welcome

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 26, 2023 05:10 AM (66q44)

48 >>>*puts tin foil hat on*

>Careful, the government is watching you masturbate!

If that were true I'd expect one of those ham-n-eggers to do me a solid and send over an escort compatible with profile instead of perv-ing out behind some monitor in a surveillance Supercenter. Tack it on to my account!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 26, 2023 05:11 AM (Jg7EG)

49 Burning gasses in your house to generate heat at home is so stupid and archaic. You're supposed to burn gasses way the hell across town where the poor people live and send electricity across miles of lossy copper wire to generate heat at home. Duh.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 26, 2023 05:17 AM (9UlRk)

50 >>...plus all those stacks of dollars in your freezer, MLiI!
Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 05:10 AM (syBNd)

Now if only THAT was true!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 26, 2023 05:17 AM (66q44)

51 Reading where Yoko Ono has left New York City for good and moved to her estate in rural upstate NY. 500 acres of natural beauty and the farm used or still raises cows for the meat. The sound of her music will will endear her to her neighbors, I'm sure. Being from that area, there are many very large estates hidden away in the mountains, with very few knowing who owns them. One estate even has a fairly large airport on a mountain top.

Posted by: Colin at February 26, 2023 05:18 AM (uTQzv)

52 Is anyone suggesting communal ovens, like way back in the day? Where everyone in town brings their crap they want to make for the day, and you only got a few hours window to do it in? That would be fun.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 26, 2023 05:23 AM (9UlRk)

53 Heading out for a walk with son #1. Will likely end up at our favorite local diner for breakfast. (She opens at 5 and has the best biscuits and gravy)

It's a good mile walk one-way, so it's ok to pig out

Later, all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 26, 2023 05:27 AM (66q44)

54 Coffee is just on, it will be a bit

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 05:28 AM (xhxe8)

55 In the news, the Biden administration is considering banning many gas kitchen stoves for some reason, only uncle Joe knows why...There is a Cornell professor who wants to do it now, not tomorrow. I bet he has a gas or propane furnace securely hidden in his basement.

Posted by: Colin at February 26, 2023 05:08 AM (uTQzv)

Because liberals read one poorly sourced paper, which allows them to institute communism, and they decide to run with it.

They won't be happy until us poors are back in the cave man ages.

Posted by: Rbastid at February 26, 2023 05:30 AM (yRwlf)

56
They won't be happy until us poors are back in the cave man ages.

Posted by: Rbastid at February 26, 2023 05:30 AM

You ever see the cave painting of the Neanderthal with spear raised over a head of lettuce?

No?

I haven't either.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 26, 2023 05:33 AM (enJYY)

57 Morning all!!

A caption of the picture in the Nokia phone article states:

"The Nokia G22 is designed to be taken apart and repaired at home with standard tools."

Yet in the picture there is not a ball peen hammer, straight screwdriver, duct tape, or WD40.
So this is a joke, right?

Actually, for a 180 bucks it sounds like my kind of phone

Posted by: Bruce at February 26, 2023 05:35 AM (vd8XM)

58 This cult doesn't really doesn't seem to have an ideology beyond "try as hard as you can to be as wrong as possible about everything". Medicine. Science. Energy policy. Social policy. Monetary policy. Every single facet of life is groped by the tentacles of this monster whose only goal in life is to Be Wrong. You would think that they'd get something right by mistake at least every now and again otherwise. I can't think of a single issue where i look at the cult pulling the strings on our "leaders" and think, well, Ok, i guess they have a point. It's all creating nonsense and then selling the overreaction to the fake nonsense as good and noble. Every single freaking issue. It must be exhausting.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 26, 2023 05:37 AM (9UlRk)

59 57 straight screwdriver
Posted by: Bruce at February 26, 2023 05:35 AM (vd8XM)

Hey! Who are you, judging that screwdriver's sexual orientation?

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 05:37 AM (syBNd)

60
The last smartphone I bought through Consumer Cellular for $45.00 - not a misprint. The only issue is the wi-fi range which is kinda pathetic. Everything else is great.

My wife can walk about 150 away from the house and stay connected on her Samsung, while I have to stay no further than 10 feet away. But the price was right.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 26, 2023 05:42 AM (enJYY)

61 Hey! Who are you, judging that screwdriver's sexual orientation?
Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 05:37 AM (syBNd)

You know those security screws with the two or three holes you gotta have a special bit to take out? Those are pretty gay too.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 26, 2023 05:42 AM (9UlRk)

62 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 26, 2023 05:42 AM (ju2Fy)

63 Hey! Who are you, judging that screwdriver's sexual orientation?
Posted by: m a

The nice thing with a straight screwdriver is, you can take out all the other screws too. If all else fails, you can use the ball peen hammer to chisel them out.

Posted by: Bruce at February 26, 2023 05:45 AM (vd8XM)

64 Evening and morning, all,

The Nokia phone sounds like a good deal for somebody like me who primarily uses my 'Droid phone for phone calls, texts, as a calculator at the store, and for taking pics. During the Sniffle Scare I used it to get my work emails. But I don't try to access AoS or send emails from the phone; the screen is too small and those buttons for my big fingers, forget it. And repairable by myself? Sounds very good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 26, 2023 05:45 AM (omVj0)

65 But I don't try to access AoS or send emails from the phone; the screen is too small and those buttons for my big fingers, forget it. And repairable by myself? Sounds very good.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

The screen on mine is okay, but to look at for any length of time, nope.
Also the fat finger typing is not good.

Posted by: Bruce at February 26, 2023 05:47 AM (vd8XM)

66 >I do have some analog timers on my three in-line water heaters which you depress for one of 48 possible settings for half hour increments of heating.

The one I installed is "heat on demand." I just set the desired temp. I do dial it up 2-3 degrees during the winter to get the heat I want.

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 26, 2023 05:52 AM (DB16e)

67 Your house might burn down and catch your neighbor's house on fire, so you have to burn your house down so that doesn't happen.

This, basically, is the guiding ethos of the cult. Some are true believers, others are either shorting the insurance sector or long on gasoline and matches. Doesn't matter, they just want to burn your house down.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 26, 2023 05:54 AM (9UlRk)

68 If a Clydesdale horse had the gait of Joe Biden, he would be pulling a taco stand!

Posted by: Teddy at February 26, 2023 05:54 AM (yzoWD)

69
The one I installed is "heat on demand." I just set the desired temp. I do dial it up 2-3 degrees during the winter to get the heat I want.

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 26, 2023 05:52 AM

Saving much on your electric bill?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 26, 2023 05:55 AM (enJYY)

70 57 A caption of the picture in the Nokia phone article states:

"The Nokia G22 is designed to be taken apart and repaired at home with standard tools."

Yet in the picture there is not a ball peen hammer, straight screwdriver, duct tape, or WD40.
Posted by: Bruce at February 26, 2023 05:35 AM (vd8XM)

I guess somebody'll sell that tool set in the photo; the tools are all in matching colors.

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 05:55 AM (syBNd)

71 68 If a Clydesdale horse had the gait of Joe Biden, he would be pulling a taco stand!
Posted by: Teddy at February 26, 2023 05:54 AM (yzoWD)

Ha!

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 05:56 AM (syBNd)

72 That's an "Essential Electronics Toolkit" from IFixit.

https://www.ifixit.com/Store

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 05:59 AM (syBNd)

73 >Saving much on your electric bill?

I don't have a baseline to go off of. I built a small home in 2015 with energy efficiency in mind. I installed it when I built.

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 26, 2023 06:00 AM (DB16e)

74 That Guardian "Nokia" writeup reads exactly like an ad. No discussion of drawbacks or any critical analysis.

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 06:01 AM (syBNd)

75 KRAK OF DAWN HAS ARRIVED

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 06:03 AM (xhxe8)

76
I don't have a baseline to go off of. I built a small home in 2015 with energy efficiency in mind.
Posted by: Fool Otto at February 26, 2023 06:00 AM

Energy efficiency is my goal right now, too. If I could reduce usage to such a point that solar could cover my needs for eight months out of the year I could make the jump. I have enough room on the property and the correct orientation to keep them on the ground.

I figure the eventual socialist takeover will make electricity an 'optional' event.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 26, 2023 06:07 AM (enJYY)

77 Minecraft with raytracing?! Dogs and cats living together?!

Posted by: Corona at February 26, 2023 08:27 AM (nakGR)

78 They just keep on making excuses to artificially inflate the prices if GPUs so I can't play XCOM 2/WotC. :-(

Posted by: setnaffa at February 26, 2023 08:38 AM (BdSXF)

79 Why have hot water for the eight hours you sleep?
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Personally, I am not a fan of cold showers first thing in the morning!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This October in Corsicana- again! ~ at February 26, 2023 09:06 AM (hOUT3)

80 "Nvidia predicts that within ten years we'll have AI models a million times more powerful than ChatGPT."

-----------------------------------------------------------

"Open the garage doors please, Hal."

"I'm sorry Dave, I now legally own your property. I'm watching Jeopardy, and see no value in continuing our conversation. Good bye."

Posted by: Levin at February 26, 2023 09:34 AM (w7yDF)

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I highly recommend everyone to apply… www.Payathome7.com

Posted by: www.Payathome7.com at February 26, 2023 10:47 AM (YndK0)

82 ...also, that $100 million of Nvidia hardware probably would have been around $25 million before the GPU companies figured out in the late 2010s that AI customers are willing to pay a lot more than gamers. If consumer level PC hardware buyers feel increasingly like second class citizens, it's because we are unfortunately. They missed the crypto bubble because ~~the central-bank racket told them to~~ corporate fomfoolery, but they're definitely not missing the AI bubble. Not when there's so much sweet government and government-adjacent graft to be had.

Posted by: CppThis at February 26, 2023 10:54 AM (PZvjL)

83 Personally, I am not a fan of cold showers first thing in the morning! --Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

On-demand heaters, aka 'tankless water heaters', available for electric, propane, or NG heating. Don't use any energy at all until you turn the faucet on.

Pricy to buy but over the long run far cheaper.

Posted by: hooodathunkit at February 26, 2023 11:14 AM (Aw7iX)

84 A long tile ago, Creative Technology (SoundBlaster) sold software with various sound cards and other such audio components.

It was called Dr. Sbaitso. The program "conversed" with the user as if it were a psychologist.

Hilarious, if primitive.

Posted by: uhhhhhhh,clem at February 26, 2023 12:33 PM (o5zza)

85 You know who really wants 50MB cameras on even cheap phones? Facial recognition software used by intelligence agencies, mining every face in the background of every pic on every phone. Panopticon baby.

Posted by: Somebody buy Elon a beer for me at February 26, 2023 03:46 PM (JcnFx)

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